The only special award!He is the king of Beida

Author:Beijing University Time:2022.09.28

Wang Citian speaks as a representative of the 2022 undergraduate graduates at the School of Physics at Peking University

When Wang Citian was sitting in front of you, his humor, talk, and self -deconstruction made it difficult for people to associate him with the "science men of the School of Physics" in the stereotype. "A college entrance examination who has experienced the failure of the competition was born in research at Peking University", "a person who made a decision is very casual", and "an ordinary person with a little luck" is his evaluation of himself.

In 2018, he was admitted to the School of Physics of Peking University with a total score of 704 points; in 2021, the research topic "Structural Non -Cryonaged Tourism Preface" won the only special award for the first "Question and Speaker" activity of the Ministry of Education; in 2022 in physics The topics of the topics PHYSICAL Review Letters have published two papers, and have been established by Peking University to encourage outstanding undergraduate graduates to encourage the results of basic discipline academic research. This is the story of Wang Citian, a doctoral student at the School of Physics at the School of Physics of Peking University.

(Note: The "competition" involved in the article specifically refers to the National Middle School Physical Competition)

Wen | Guo Yasong

Interview | Zhong Pin, Guo Yasong

Two college entrance examinations: complete "frustration education"

In 2018, Wang Citian, who had experienced a defeat and the failure of the college entrance examination for a year, finally entered the Peking University School of Physics, who was in his dream.

For more than ten years before the competition failed, his life was smooth, and he had not experienced any major setbacks. From a small town in Ganzhou, Jiangxi, since he was a child, he has not been stumped by his studies and curriculum. He has scored all the way, and the entrance examination is not accidentally admitted to the best key high school in the city. One of the reasons for choosing to participate in the physical competition is "it is difficult and challenging." But in 2016, Wang Citian, who wanted to pass the Peking University Institute of Normal University through the competition. He recalled the state of mind at the time, and he could still think of that kind of "continuous uncomfortable".

Wang Citian spoke as a student representative at the military training training ceremony

The road of Wang Citian's competition was not early. Before entering the city's key high school, he just faintly knew that there was such a way to protect such a way, but "I don't know that this may be a more important way, thinking like an interest class, so there is no special preparation." Participate in the competition, and many high schools with better resources may start a variety of competitions at the second day or even earlier. "So time is not enough than others, but I was more" ruthless' at that time, and I still achieved a little results. "After deciding to take the competition, Wang Citian stopped the high school curriculum and devoted himself to training. He read, brushed, and training in the school's special competition classroom, and spent most of his time.

At the beginning, he was full of confidence. He took the mentality of "Gold Subsidies for Entering Training Team" (the top 100 nationwide in the country, that is, the gold medal in the physical competition; To. "I participated in some online mold tests before the finals and passed the dozen of the whole country. I felt very stable. But I did not expect that there was a mistake in the last written test, and the experiments were wrong. . "For a young man, it was the first major blow to his life at that time.

"It was light and light in front of people, but it was very uncomfortable for a long time. The openness on the surface was a mechanism of self -protection." After returning to school after the final, he admitted that his state was actually "very floating. "". "Later, I got a good exam. I felt that I did n’t have the competition to bless my college entrance examination. I did n’t go back to the class to go to class with everyone. I have been studying myself.” This “floating” emotion is absolutely absolutely. Most of them originated from the frustration caused by the failure of the competition, and when a person stays elsewhere, he also hides the weakness and licks the wound slowly. But the consequence of such depression is that his state is getting worse and worse. "There is very little time to do the questions, but I have read a lot of idle books. I often take a Kindle to download the full episode of a certain author, and then watch it for one or two worships, do nothing, find fun by myself." His score is the worst in three years, far lower than the estimated score.

The defeat of the competition and the first college entrance examination caused Wang Citian for several months, but it also grew a lot.

This is the first time in my life's real "frustration education", which makes me more stable and more peaceful. Later, I came to Peking University. When I came out of a small place and found that there were so many talented characters here, I also calmly accepted that I was just a little smarter and lucky.

With the unsatisfactory college entrance examination results, Wang Citian did not hesitate to choose to repeat. After playing two or three weeks of games at home, he received a good school bag, and began to study hard like tens of millions of seniors. This year, he realized how busy his previous sprint was. And this time, he finally knocked on the door of Peking University Institute with a total score of 704.

Physics and scientific research: casual but unwanful

During the chat, Wang Citian used "casual" to describe himself. For example, at the beginning, the way to choose a physical competition is casual, and firmly wants to test the North University. It is easy to choose the former between direct blogs and study abroad. In the vast field of physics Scientific research is also casual.

Where is the boundaries between randomness and Buddhism and love? Wang Citian answered:

My casualness is more like Wang Huizhi's Xueye visit to Dai, come by and returns. In the face of the fork of life, when I make a decision, I don't need to be particularly sufficient, but I prefer to obey my inner choice. The randomness is only about the choice itself, not the direction or content of the choice.

Random is not willful. There are not many rational calculations, and the expected income of maximizing as the sole goal is just choosing what I love. This is the attitude of Wang Citian facing life and scientific research. Therefore, in middle school, he chose physics in the five university competitions, because "the coach is the physics teacher of our class, and a bald science man who will talk about" Dream of Red Mansions "in the self -study class. The common topic reported physics. "Therefore, after the failure of the first college entrance examination, he did not choose to take it. Instead, he used the Peking University Institute as his only goal. He held the mentality of re -reading twice and finally admitted to himself "Dream Love School".

As soon as he arrived at Peking University, Wang Citian didn't know what he wanted to do. In his freshman year, he has passed more than ninety generals and has also obtained more than 70 mathematics. In the sophomore, when the classmates around him successively participated in the scientific research of undergraduates, Wang Citian followed the trend of many comprehensive guidance classes, and the Guangsha net material group. He first listened to the group meeting in the atmosphere, and he retired without interest. Then start to "utilitarian" the academic frontier, see quotation, and prepare to measure the resistance center to measure the resistance. As a result, when he met the epidemic, his sophomore went online at home for a semester, and his junior was dismissed by the teacher.

"In retrospect, the teacher is so kind. Every time I start the group, I will ask me if I have any questions, but I have always been stuffy gourds. I did n’t feel feedback. . "This fact proves that scientific research without interest is really unable to do it.

Wang Citian, who was "dismissed", was determined to think about his academic life and re -plan his life route. In his junior year, he gave up his attachment to scores and performance points. Quantum statistics physics, high quantum mechanics, physical fitness ... I just wanted to "the whole point of interesting." The behavior moved with interest was inadvertently inserted, which achieved the highest semester of his performance. At the same time, Wang Citian also began to look for the instructor of undergraduate scientific research. In the end, he saw the resume of Mr. Huang Huaqing, who had just joined the theory on the official website of the Institute. After chatting, he found that the teacher not only spoke interesting, but also the research direction was very interesting.

Wang Citian participated in the subject defense

When talking about the Peking University Institute and his mentor Huang Huaqing, Wang Citian felt very grateful.

There is a good place for the Institute, or that the academic help to give us academic help is that teachers are willing to spend a lot of time communicating with students and guide you in an equal dialogue.

In the institute, if many projects are handed over to the teacher, they may be done in one or two weeks, but the teachers are often willing to hand over the project to undergraduate students and inspire classmates little by little. "This is not a process of feeding things with a spoon, a spoonful of feeding, and teaching you to do things. Instead, let's let the students try, fail, take a detour, and finally solve a problem in a few months, half a year, or even a year. A project. This method is very efficient and low in time for teachers, but many teachers do this. I think this is the scientific research inheritance of Peking University Institute. "

As for the teacher Huang Huaqing, who communicated the most with himself, Wang Citian affectionately called him "little brother". He said: "The little brother is very humorous and talked about. He is a teacher with a strong border. He respects our personal wishes and welcomes us to discuss academic and exchange life at any time." He recalled communication with Teacher Huang Huaqing. At the moment, it is full of laughter. The door of the teacher's office is always open, and every enthusiastic student is welcome to discuss the mystery of physics together.

Wang Citian (first from right) and mentor Huang Huaqing

Don't set your own limits, what if your dream is realized?

Before the junior year, Wang Citian was completely uncertain that he would choose the path of academic research. Undergraduate research in the theoretical direction was tantamount to heaven. But now, he has achieved good scientific research results under the guidance of the mentor. He gradually enjoyed the "pleasure" of scientific research.

In 2020, Wang Citian officially joined Teacher Huang Huaqing's research team to conduct undergraduate research training. The research direction is "condensed state theory and calculation." At the beginning, he did not expect the final research results too much, but only analyzed this subject as a case of novice. He made "scientific research is a game that has not been feedback for a long time". However, in the process of exploration, he gradually discovered that the non -crystallization may not necessarily destroy the topology. The disorderly change of the structure may be accompanied by the interesting phenomenon of the orderly order of the electronic state. In this way, he continued to excavate in computing and derivation, and soon had preliminary research results. "Actually, I didn't expect an article at first. As a result, I bought a lottery -type Physical Review Letters, and the big cakes of the painting turned into a realistic feeling."

Top that the structure induced by the structure of the structure

The biggest inspiration of Wang Citian's experience in this study is not to set up limits, try more, in case? With such a mentality, with the encouragement and support of Wu Tao Li, a undergraduate teaching teacher of the School of Physics, Wang Citian took the preliminary results to participate in the initial results of the Ministry of Education's basic discipline training plan when the article was officially published. "Activity. ""

I saw such a competition email before it would definitely be opened, but this time I persuaded myself to participate without losing, why not try it. So I started to write the materials carefully, write the manuscript to prepare for the defense, and then began to apply for a scholarship of the unnamed physics student. I participated in the Xingcheng undergraduate academic forum. No matter what the result was, it was always an opportunity. Dreams are still there.

In 2022, Wang Citian graduated from undergraduate. His research topic "Structural Non -Cryonaged Tourism Preface" won the only special award of the first "Question and Guess" activity of the Ministry of Education's top planning plan, and was rated as an excellent research project in Peking University; he was in Physics published two papers on PHYSICAL Review Letters; it has also won the honor of Peking University's "Unknown Bachelor". For the achievements that have been achieved above, Wang Citian said: "I'm just lucky. After all, there are too many geniuses in a place where stars such as Stars of Peking University Institutes are gathered. I want to make achievements in the field of interest. Still need some luck. "I have seen the gap between myself and genius and working hard in the field of talent to have talents. This is his attitude towards academic humility.

As an atypical college candidate broke into the Peking University Institute, from the start of the college entrance examination to the start of the college entrance examination, and now the academic industry, Wang Citian has begun to peep the door on the road of scientific research. His scientific research experience of studying can be described as interested and seeking. Four years are short, but there is no doubt that with the guidance of the teachers and friends, Wang Citian has found his own wonderful and significant meaning in Yanyuan.

An outward person also loves to explore inwardly

Wang Citian's parents are all junior high school English teachers, but family education is completely "release". "My parents never interfered with my choice, respect me very much, and didn't even give me an English" small stove "at home." Growing up in such a free atmosphere, Wang Citian formed an independent, loved thinking, and liked to explore inward, and also developed a wide range of interest in reading. In junior high school, he liked to watch some historical documentary or relatively unpopular literary works. It is precisely because of the early contact with these different perspectives and recognizing the complexity of the world, so his three views have been earlier, and he has spent the early stages of youthful and impulsive impulse early.

What does it mean to use physics research as a profession? Wang Citian said seriously:

Scientific research itself is just a career choice. I think it is suitable for me, so I chose this path. It may be more important for some people to brush short videos or "short flat" such "short flat". But for me, things like scientific research need to be paid for a long time in order to get positive feedback to make me feel peaceful. It has a stronger sense of accomplishment and pleasure, which is just that.

The preferred and quiet personality is also reflected in Wang Citian's daily life. He likes to climb mountains, running and other exercises, rather than basketball and football. "Without a community, only what he can do with a small number of strengths can be done, and there is no full resume in the traditional sense." But he also worked hard to build his own university life. "I am a bit hot in three minutes, and I don't have a particularly long hobby, but it can make me feel very happy. I am similar to ordinary otakus. I also do something about calligraphy and seal carving, which is this strange thing. "Of course, his calligraphy engraved also sought self -study on the Internet resources on the Internet.

Wang Citian's calligraphy engraved works

In the interview, Wang Citian mentioned a particularly impact on himself. In the "calculating physics" class, Mr. Feng Xu and his classmates shared his experience of climbing Xiangshan. To reach the best overall situation. "So why should you pursue the optimal solution of life? In the four years of Peking University, the wonderful life and rich and diverse choices of the students around him made Wang Citian deeply understand that it is not only the only definition of success. There are too many possibilities in life waiting for us to explore. Along the way, you can always find your own scenery along the way.

"Unknown Bachelor" honor

In 2009, Peking University, as the first batch of pilot institutions, began to implement the "Basic Disciplinary Student Training Plan", with 6 science and engineering in mathematics, physics, chemistry, life sciences, computer and environmental sciences as a pilot to vigorously carry out the foundation for the foundation. Exploration and practice of outstanding talents of disciplines.

In 2019, Peking University determined the exploration and practice named the "PKU Junior Scholar Program" (PKU Junior Scholar Program ", which opened a new journey of cultivating the" Top Specification Plan 2.0 ". In order to encourage undergraduate students to study hard and make progress, and promote the comprehensive development of students in the academic research of basic disciplines, they have set up a "Unknown Bachelor" honorary award.

Source: Peking University Rong Media Center